Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
1901 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942294814
$605.22
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,834.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$569.14 with Tricare vs $3,419.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Tricare | Humana Military | $569.14 | ↓ -6% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $569.14 | ↓ -6% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $586.21 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $586.21 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $586.21 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $586.21 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | DSNP | $586.21 | ↓ -3% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $591.91 | ↓ -2% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $591.91 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $597.60 | ↓ -1% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $825.30 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $1,066.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $1,100.40 | ↑ +82% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $1,192.10 | ↑ +97% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $1,200.00 | ↑ +98% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $1,254.00 | ↑ +107% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $1,259.81 | ↑ +108% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $1,283.80 | ↑ +112% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $1,375.50 | ↑ +127% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $1,375.50 | ↑ +127% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $1,467.20 | ↑ +142% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $1,467.20 | ↑ +142% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $1,467.20 | ↑ +142% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $1,526.00 | ↑ +152% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $1,558.90 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $1,575.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $1,613.92 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,650.60 | ↑ +173% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $1,685.00 | ↑ +178% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $1,887.00 | ↑ +212% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $2,009.00 | ↑ +232% |
| Cigna | IFP | $2,372.00 | ↑ +292% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,811.90 | ↑ +365% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $2,857.00 | ↑ +372% |
| Cigna | POS | $3,419.00 | ↑ +465% |
| Cigna | HMO | $3,419.00 | ↑ +465% |
| Cigna | OAP | $3,419.00 | ↑ +465% |
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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $550.20 | $569.14 – $1,650.60 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $733.20 | $495.40 – $1,733.90 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,047.78 | $520.17 – $1,733.90 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $233.94 | $537.83 – $1,132.28 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $532.90 – $2,225.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $244.68 – $2,225.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $244.68 – $2,225.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $244.68 – $2,225.50 |